Pz.V/IV OP?

Hi I’ve been thinking about the Pz.V/IV and the Pz.IV. I don’t really have a problem with defeating a V/IV in my beloved IV (its turret’s a weak spot even though it’s troll) but to newbies, isn’t this tank a bit OP? It has very good frontal armor, troll turret, somewhat sidescrapable sides, 40 tons of massive steel and has 115 more hp than the Pz.IV. Despite WG’s efforts to nerf the crap out of low tier tanks in 5.5, it’s brutally OP against Tier IV newbies. I understand this came out before 5.5 and the armor is historical, and unchangable, but the fact that it has more health than most if not all same tier meds is a problem. What do you guys think?

I think it’s very strong, borderline OP, against tier 4s and many tier 5s, but it does struggle a lot when bottom tier. I think it’s strong enough to be a good tank, but I don’t think it’s overly strong. Of course, I may just be bad at driving it